PATNA, Feb. 6 -- Notorious gold robber, Prince Kumar alias Abhijeet, carrying Rs.2 lakh bounty, and involved in cases of robbery, Arms Act and murder of a police constable in Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead in a police encounter in Bihar's Vaishali district on Friday noon.

Prince was wanted for many months and had 28 cases registered against him in several districts of the three states. In September 2024, he escaped from police custody during treatment at Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) under Pirbahore police station area. He was said to have locked policemen in a room after engaging them in a mutton party. Since then, he had been a big challenge for Bihar police.

Earlier on April 3, 2018, Prince, who was brou...